Glass-feeding machine



Jan. 1925- 1,524,638

' E. o. HlLLER GLASS FEEDING MACHINE Filed April 6, 1922 17206725072 Enema: 0. fifz'ZZer by W 1 Patented Jan. 27,1925.

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EVERETT o. HTLLER, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, AssIeNonTo mmTronn-rnm- MONT coun y, or GANAJ'OHABIE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION on NEW YORK.

(mass- EDING MACHINE.

Application filed April 6, 1922. Serial No. 550,671.

To all whom it ma concern:

Be it known that I, EVERETT O1H1LLER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State "of.Oonnecticut, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Glass-Feeding ,mechan-ical elements cooperate in time relation, oneof which mayvbe'put out of and restored toits cooperation relation without effecting the continued operation of itsa'ssociated element. I The object of the present invention is to provide means for returning such an inoperative element to o erative condition in a predetermined time relation to .the cooperating'element or elements. A further object is to provide means for returning the inoperative element to operation without shock or abnormal strain on any part of the mechanism.

The particular apparatus selected for illustrating this invention,-is one in which the element which may be rendered inoperative,

is a mechanism for separatingor severing molten glass into mold charges, while the cooperating elements which continue in operation are the means for controlling the discharge of glass, and the sha ing machine to which the mold charges are delivered; A machine of this character is shown in U. S.

cation of Homer A. Genest, and showing I manually operated means for interrupting and resuming the operation of the glass severing means. In that patent the return of thearts to operative condition and relatlon at the proper time to avoid undesirable collisions or other consequences depends upon the skill of the operator, and is subject to some variation, particularly when the machine is running at high speed.

An embodiment of the invention as applied to the Genestmachine referred to is j illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

in which Figure 1 is a front elevation ofa glass feeding machine, showing the forehearth of a glass furnace, and means for controlling the discharge of lass from the outlet;

Fig. 2 is an e evation, on an enlarged scale of the upper part of 1 lookin from the right; and g Fig. 3 is an elevation of the lower part of Fig. 1, also looking from the right.

The general construction of the illustrated embodiment of the invention is similar to that of the aforementioned patent in which a base 5 supports frames 6, in which are mounted a pair of shear slides 7, each of which carries a shear blade 8-. .The blades are reciprocated towardand from each other to sever the glass therebetween, by levers 9 pivoted on studs 10 .fixe'd inthe frames 6, and having rolls 11 engaging cams 12 mounted on a shaft 13 carried in suitable bearings 14 on the top of the frames 6. The .blades are moved together and the rolls 11 are held against their respective cams by spring 15, connecting arms 16 rigidlyconnected with the shear levers 9, with fixed studs 18 on the frame. By this construction, when the shaft 13 is rotated by power applied to a gear 17, the cams 12 permit the springs15 to act periodically to close the blades 8, after which the cams se aratethe blades and hold them retracted untll the next severing operation.

The other element of the apparatus with which the'severing means cooperate in timed relation, may he means for controlling the discharge of glass from a container, or a shaping [machine to which the severed charges are delivered, or both. If means is provided for separating the glass into gobs or gathers, ,such means may comprise a plunger, gate or paddle operating periodically to retard the delivery. of glass through "an outlet, all of fwhich devices are well known in the art. As the particular means employed for controlling the discharge forms no part of the present invention, that which is indicated inthe Genest patent may be taken by" way of example, and therefore is shown in Fig. 1. An extension or forehearth 20 connected with the usual furnace or tank carries a channeled block 21" having an outlet 22 from which the glass is discharged under the control of a paddle 23 actuated through suitable connections not shown, by cams 24 mounted .on the shaft 13. Mold charges are periodically severed from the glass delivered from'the outlet 22, by the shear blades 8.

When it is desired to permit the glass to amassebe discharged from'the'outlet without severlowers the arms 34 through the mechanism ing mold charges therefrom, the shears are described, and puts the shear levers 9 again rendered inoperative by means of a handle under the control of the shear cams 12.

25. This handle is fixed on a shaft 26 car- The operation of this invention will best ried in suitable bearings on the base and be understood by following the steps which having a segmental gear 27 in mesh with a take place in returning the feeder to normal 1 gear 28 on a rock shaft 29 extending through running condition from the position shown the base 5. The rock shaft carries two cams in Fig. 1, in which the shear blades 8 are .30 engaging rolls 31 carried by vertically held retracted in inoperative position by the movable slides 32. Each slide is connected latch 38-. The nornial discharge of glass by a rod 33 with an arm 34 loosely mounted from the outlet 22, whether it be a-continuon the shear lever stud 10, and havingapart ous stream or separate gathers, has-not been projecting below the arm 16." Thus when interrupted by the inaction of the shears, as the handle is turned into'the. position the addle 23, or other discharge controlling shown in Fig.- 1, the cams cause the arms -mea s, continues its movements. When the 34 to be elevated so as to lift the arms 16 and operator wishes to start severing mold thereby retract the'shears and hold them out charges, he moves the handle 50 down, thereof control of the cams 12. The rolls.11 are by placing theroll 44 in the path of the preferably moved altogether out of contact cam 43, as shown in broken lines in Fig. 2, with: their cams. J a and holds it there until the cam 43 revolves When thehandle 25 is moved into the po-- into position to engage the roll- The bell sition of-Fig. 1,- a lug 37 on the handle crank 47 will thus be rocked and the handle ,may'be swung into the similar moves under a latch 38 and against a stop 25 released from the latch 38 as has been 39 formed on a bracket 40. The latch is described. The angular position of the cam I pivotally mounted on the bracket and held in 43 determines the time when the shears shall positionto engage the lug 37 on the handle, become operative and the cam always main relation with the other eleby a spring 41, thereby holding the handle, tains its timed against the action of a spring 42 which ments of' the apparatus. J The cam may be urges the handle to the left,'into itsfposition so positioned that the shears or otherinopwhich permits operation of the shears. erative element, will be rendered .operative'at The illustrated embodiment of the invenany desired point in the cycle of "the other tion provides means which, after being renelements. Thus the shears are preferably dered operative by the operator, aiutomatithrown into control of their cams during the cally returns the shears to operative-condiinterim between severin operations, that is, tion in timed relation to the operation of when the high part of t e cams 12 are oppothe paddleor other means for controlling site their rolls 11. This prevents an out-ofthe-discharge of glass from the outlet and of time severing operation. which would occur the shaping machine to which the glass may if the latch 38 were released at a time when 7 be delivered. For this. purpose, the latch 38; the sprin 15 could act at once to move the is arranged to be released -b a mechanism sheer bla es to ether without the controlling actuated by the shaft whic actuates the intervention 0 the cams 12 and also avoids paddle 23 and which also operates in timed the strain on the parts which would be relation to the shaping machine. The latch caused by the-collision of the roll 11 with the is released by a cam 43,-fixed on one of the lower parts of the cams 12,"should the shears shear cams 12, which acts on a roll 44 when be released while the rolls were opposite the the'latter is moved into the pathway of the slow rts of the cams.

cam.- For this purpo'sethe'roll is mounted A r the shears have resumed. operation, in a yoke 45 pivoted ona pin 46 carried by the operator releases the handle 50 and the the short vertical arm of a bell crank 47, roll 44 is at once returned to inoperative po- The yoke is yieldingly held toward the shaft sition (Fig. 2) "by the spr' 48. The sever- 13 (see Fig. 2), with the roll 44 inside the ing operation continues unt l the shears are path of the cam43,.by a spring 48, lugs 49 again thrown out by actuation of the hen being provided to limit this movement. A dle 25. handle 50' is provided by which the roll th of the cam 43, embodiment of the invention. which has been stop lugs 51 determining-this posidescribed, is selected for the purpose of illustration only and that the invention is not limited to use with severing means or tion.

The bell crank 47 is mounted on a fixed pivot '52 and the long arm is connected by a the other elements described and it is carod 53, with the latch 38, the arrangement pable of various modifications without debeing such that the cam 43, when it engages 1 partmg from the scope of the appended the roll 44, will lift the right hand end of claims.

the latch (Fig. 1) thus releasing thelug 37 claim: and allow ,the handle 25 to swing to the 1. A glass feeding machine comprisinga left under-t section of the spring 42. TlllS plurality of elements cooperating to de- It isto be understood that the particularliver mold charges of molten glass, having ment to operative condition at a predeter-- mined time with relation to the operation of the other element or elements.

2. Aglass feeding machine comprising a pluralit of elements cooperating to deliver mold c arges of molten glass, having in combination means for independently rendering one of the elements inoperative, a cam rotating in timed relation to the operating element, and connections between the cam and the inoperative element to control its return to operative condition.

3. A glass feeding machine comprising a plurality of elements cooperating to deliver mold charges of molten glass, having in combination means for independently rendering one of the elements inoperative, normally inoperative automatic means for returning the inoperative element to operative condition, and manually operated means for rendering said automatic means operative.

4. A glass feeding machine comprising means for severing the glass, means for rendering the severing means inoperative, and automatic means for controlling the return of the severing means to operative condition.

5. A glass feeding machine comprising means for severing .the glass, means for rendering the severing means inoperative, and means rendered operative by the operator, for automatically returning the severing means to Operative condition .at a predetermined time in the cycle of the machine.

6. The combination with a machine for feeding molten glass, of severing means operating in timed relation to the operation of the feeding machine, manually operated means for rendering the severing means inoperative, normally inoperative automatic means for returning the shears to operative condition, and manual means for rendering said automatic means operative.

7. A. glass feeding machine comprising glass severing means, a latch adapted to hold the severing means inoperative, and automatic means for releasing the latch to ren-, der the severing means operative at a predetermined time in the cycle of the machine.

8. Glasssevering mechanism comprisingshears, power actuating mechanism therefor, means for disconnecting the shears from the actuating mechanism, and means for determining the time relative to the actuating mechanism, when the shears shall be reconnected to said mechanism.

9. Glass severing mechanism comprising a shear blade, a spring to move the blade toward the glass, a cam to move the blade away from the glass, a latch to hold the blade away from the glass, and a power actuated cam to actuate the latch to release the blade. 10. Glass severing mechanism comprising a shear blade, means for reciprocating the blade toward and from the glass, a latch to hold the blade retracted from the glass, a constantly rotating cam, and means for connecting the cam with the latch to release the blade. 3" I Signed at Hartford, Connecticut, this 5th day of April, 1922.

EVERETT O. HILLER. 

